I bought a bunch of 100-old antique canning jars, and was wondering if I could use them for canning... this video was exactly what I needed to see! Thank you for sharing your knowledge!
Thanks for this video. It gave me the confidence to use my glass lids and rubber rings. So far I have had better success with my glass lid seals than with the metal lids.
Every year I ressurrect a few more of the glass lid jars! Just cleaned up 16 pint jars to use over the next week or so. We do between 350 and 450 jars of "stuff" each year and we can all year round! I have to confess I have not used them to pressure can but I am going to try it this year on my kale (bumper crop), I too love the sustainablity aspect of these old jars! When I finished cleaning this batch of pint jars I was checking out the dates I ha e some that are dated 1929 in this bunch (I buy these by the box load whenever I can and then store them for clean up when I have time) and I look at a jar that is almost a 100 years old and just wonder what all has been in them! Talk about sustainablity! Anyway....great video and Thank you for doing it! Mike 🇨🇦😁👍
How exciting. I can year round as well. When something isn't fresh out of the garden, I work on emptying my freezer (meat mostly) Canning saves so much room in there.
2nd trial run pressure canning with water: Did 12 jars today and had only 1 failure which was a bad ring. Will consider this a success! Thank you for your training! ...a happy canner!
I purchases some new rubber rings for bail jars, but these were to be used just for dry items, like beans and pasta on the kitchen counter, not canning. I did notice if you get the right size, they make reusable silicon rings, which may work better than the rubber ones, which I think may shrink and crack eventually from use. I think the silicon ones might last longer.
Titia, I have searched and searched for information on using tattler rubber gaskets on the old wire jars that were recently given to me. Thank you, my search is over and I appreciate you sharing this with everyone. Now off to can.
Thank you so much for your videos. I have just started pressure canning and water bathing using the pressure canner (lid on but not sealed). You are the only one I have found who explained the convex glass lid which is the only one I could buy here (Scandinavia). Fantastic, thank you 🙏🏼
This is amazing and perfect. I've been using the bale and wire wrong the whole time and couldn't figure it out so I used it for ready to eat candy instead.. lol.. THANK YOU!
Thank you for filming this! I have a bounty of old glass jars that were giving to me, and I have been afraid to use them. I was going to attempt only water bath with these jars but was afraid to use them in the pressure canner for fear the glass would not be strong enough! I do a lot of PC canning with standard Bernardin jars. You have given me the courage to give this a try! Thank you so much!
Don’t use the rubber rings from Canadian tire. They won’t work with American glass lids (Ball, Atlas, Presto) However, if you have the "regular" mouth lids, the small Weck rubber ring will work. Just cut the tab off. Also, the Weck rings don’t like a small headspace. Do a 1/2" headspace & you’ll do fine. Tighten the ring all the way & back off a quarter inch. Tighten the ring when you pull it out of the pot.
Thank you for the video. I just found some of these jars with glass lids in my basement and wanted to know how to use them for canning so this was very helpful.
Thank you! I am over the moon after coming across your video. I have about a dozen of the jars with the glass dome with bale and wire closure that came from my grandmother's basement. I then found several blue boxes containing ball rubbers that I found among my mother's old canning supplies. I now know what to do with these. I'm not sure if I'll actually can in them but they will be perfect for storing my herbs, homemade tomato powder, spices, etc. I know grandma and mom will be smiling down sweetly knowing that I finally put these to use. I'm so thankful for your post.❤
I was just gifted 2 boxes of vintage jars with lids and the rubber seals. I'm glad I found your video I feel more confident in using them now. Thank you.
Thank you for explaining all of this. I was wondering if this was something I should try and now I have a good starting place deciding on which jars to try
You need to advise American viewers that the rings available from Canadiian Tire are the "Viceroy" brand & they won’t work on American jars. The Americans need to buy the Weck size small rings for the regular mouth lids. The Weck rings work best with at least a 1’2" headspace. The Tattler wide mouth rings work with the wide mouth lids. Another method (according to Ball 1940’s Blue Book) is to tighten the ring all the way, then turn back a quarter of an inch. Tighten all the way after processing. Thank you for re-filming. Now we can hear you! (Lol).
Does Viceroy make anything other than the Gem size rubber bands anymore? I recently found a package of wide mouth Viceroy rings at a second hand store. Do the Tattler regular mouth rings not work with glass lids? Oh one more thing did you mean 1/2" head space?
I have a question. I have weck jars that I use for canning. And the small ones fit a regular mouth ball/Kerr mason jar. But the screw rings won’t fit over the Weck lid. How do you use them? Thanks
@@esholland08 you need to cut the tab off the rings. Sorry, I forgot that small detail. There’s a video on YT where a man shows how to use the weck rubber rings.
Texan here - I have regular mouth glass and the harvest guard rings don't fit well so I am excited to try to buy weck small rubbers. I haven't bought any wide mouth glass yet - do you happen to know if harvest guard rubbers will fit those since they're really similar to Tattler?
I have many of these older blue jars with glass lids on some. They were given to me about 25 years ago by elderly neighbors. I use for my herbs as I was scared to use in pressure canner. Maybe I will try one and see. Thank you for posting
Nothing wrong with using the old bail(Lighting) type jars as long as you insure the jars, bails and rings are in good shape and clean just like you would with any modern jar. I've used them in waterbath and pressure canning for years and had less problems with them than modern canning jars, and yes I will reuse the rubber rings if still in good shape. Check your bails and ensure they fit tight with a rubber before you get started. Before you put them in the canner put the square shaped wire over the lid, it should fit snug. DO NOT lock the curved ring down. Lock the curved ring down AFTER you take them out of the canner still hot. Let them all cool and rest for a day like you would a modern jar and then unlock the bails the same as you would remove the ring off a modern jar for safety reasons. Lift the jar by the lid to ensure a seal. DO NOT put the bails back on. This is how I do it. You do as you wish and at your own risk. These jars were OK to use for almost a 100 years until industry got the bright idea to make more money with what they say is a "better mouse trap". ????
Hello Titia. I canned 7 jars of grape juice. 5 sealed the first time. A sixth one sealed when I reduced the headspace to about 1 inch. The seventh I discovered had a chip in the glass cap. Next week I have tomatoes yet and they will go in the pressure canner so I’ll try the pint jars. I like the idea of acidic tomatoes touching glass rather than plastic lids. Thankyou.
Wow, thank you for this, I have some of the Wire bale jars and wasn't sure of the process of using them and wasn't sure about pressure canning, I'm so excited now, I'll have to use my old jars next time I process something. I heard that the gov (usa) banned the use of the old wire bale jars, do you or anyone have any thoughts on that, I seem to remember them saying they were unsafe, anyway, I always thought the gov was sus in what they say about a lot of things,
I'm Canadian and had a lengthy back and forth with my gov agency. They do not recommend. But when pushed they admitted they were perfectly safe to can in, just that most people don't know how to. Good luck with your canning. I just used the last of my bale and wire for cranberries this year. I need to find more :)
Titia, would you do a video of your crown jars - Pressure canning from start to finish. You explain everything so well and would be great to see you do this. What you do is great for all Canadians. I have looked everywhere to have this information and “Voila” yours came up!!! Again thank you. Happy to hear your success rate is 98/99% (sealed) - The visual is always a great way to learn! You are a great educator!
I'd like to see a I Video of u canning chicken soup with the glass lids. 5 of my 7 jars didn't seal. I didn't know about tightening after canning. I'll try that.
Good to know those rings are made of zinc!! Mine are all rusted; is there a way to clean them, or can they be painted? Years ago I bought 2 large boxes of jars at a garage sale for $5... being new to canning, I didn't know what I had... there were around 60 glass lids with those jars!
You can derust with a soak in vinegar and water - 50/50. If yours are rusted, they may be older new style rings for modern canning jars and should be discarded. Older aluminum rings and zinc rings are about 1/8" deeper than modern rings. That 1/8th" allows for the thickness of the glass caps and rubber rings.
I dont get why so many people say its not safe, but then they use weck jars that are the exact same concept! Only difference is the mechanism to hold the lid during processing! Weck jars are also NOT usda approved?! Yet people think they are safer for some reason?! I think using logic, not by listening to what the government tells me is safe...
@@Bookhardtsbooks I had a long back and forth with the gov of Canada over this. They finally admitted these were safe. Seems the lid companies like disposable because of $$$
You addressed a couple of types of lids. I didn’t see the common milky white glass lid. Which of these is comparable to the milky white lid? I have had the Presto wide mouth glass lids for years and longed to use the glass lids! So excited to try it this year!
I will do a run with just water in the jars (no food) for a test run. Will try both the water bath AND pressure canning to see my results before I place food in them.
Hi there! Thank you for making this video! I just bought a couple dozen of the crown jars. There are a few I noticed had chips or shallow cracks. This may be a silly question, but am I able to use them for water bath canning or are they at risk for breaking entirely?
Thank you for this. I wish in this still continuing canning lid shortage they would remanufacture the glass lids. When you order the gaskets from Canadian Tire, what would they be called? Thank you.
What a great video! I bought some old Crown jars and haven't used them yet because I wasn't quite sure how to do it safely, but now I know. One question though, I know that sometimes there was melted parafin wax used with these older jars. When would that be necessary?
its not. wax was used as a replacement to having lids. but not suggested at all for canning. more for preserving jams when you couldn't can...or so I'm told.
wife's Aunt as well as my Mother did this but only jams and jellies. When settled in the jar there's no bumps of food...usually smooth as it jells regular food ie. carrots are irregular so it has a tendency to mix in rather than stay separate as I was told by my Mom temp of both the wax and food is tricky. Wife says long term storage this way is NOT recomended, however works for any left over jam and you've run out of lids. She would give these to her neighbour to use up quickly, they had more kids than her so the woman always appreciated the extra. Woman's blueberrie jam was amazing ( north Ontario ), she actually still had a jar or 2 that the wife picked the berries for as a kid. It was still good at over 10 years old. When they moved to a smaller house , she found them in the vault of a basement they had. I said I'd give 'em a go. that was over 5 years ago....as we can see I'm still here. To be clear these were not the wax method but glass lid. So late 70' - early 80's when canned, after the wife watched me closely for a few hours we decided they still o.k.!
I ,know. This is an older video but I want to thankyou for giving this info. I am out of jars and lids so I’ve gone to the basement and brought up all the crown jars which I’ve never used. I have apple juice and grape juice left to do and a few tomatoes. I bought two boxes of viceroy gaskets but one box was reddish/orange and the other ones were white. The inside measurement on them are the same but the white one is a smidge larger on the outside. Might you have any guidance on which ones to try first?
can you please help? i inherited a jar of canned plums with this type of lid-- it actually looks quite old, but the jar is beautiful. problem is-- i cannot figure out how to remove the lid? can you help?
Glad I found your video! But how do you open them? I've just inherited the same blue glass vintage jars you show towards the end of this video. Please explain how to open them? Is there a special tool or just brute force? thank you
I use a very thin knife between the gasket and the jar and gently pry open...no idea if there is a tool out there for this...if there is, I would love to know about it
With the bailed Ball Ideal jar with the domed glass lid, is the head space inside the jar the same 1 inch? Or does the space inside the dome of the glass lid account for any of the space as well? Thank you.
Great question. In my experience. I found that leaving a bit more head space is preferable. I've tried it both ways, and find that I get more consistent seals with just a little extra room.
Hi, you have to find the jars at yard sales, online market places, or etsy shops. Family etc. The glass lids do not fit modern canning jars. I so wish they did.
They were made for mason jars! Mason jar threads haven’t changed since they were invented. Yes, they work . Just don’t close them like a Tattler (spin the jar technique). According to Ball Blue book (1940’s editions), tighten the ring all the way, then turn back a quarter of an inch. When you pull them from the water, tighten the rings.
Wish I could have a conversation with you. I have an opportunity to purchase 235 Crowns @ $2. Each, would you suggest this is a good thing or stick with wide mouth Bernardin?
I find that problems sealing are due to either bad gaskets, or operator error...in my case if I get to excited and try to take the rings off to early...I'm getting better at my patience.
Can y'all still buy the rings for these lids? I have about 20-25 glass lids but so far haven't been able to find where to get the rings. I would so love to use them, or learn how to use them in my canning.
I would probably check out ebay, thrift stores and yard sales. Most of mine came with the rings, I have a LOT of them, so I don't worry about. Let us all know if you find a source.
@@vivianforsythe9282 Yes there is a wire type not exactly like the Bale and Wire still made, from France there is ARC and Le Parfait and from Italy there is Fido. These have a different wire setup but it's the closest i have seen to the old American style.
the glass is strong, and i've never had an issue. I actually found a few more bale and wire jars this summer at yard sales...I'll be using those as well
I bought a bunch of 100-old antique canning jars, and was wondering if I could use them for canning... this video was exactly what I needed to see! Thank you for sharing your knowledge!
aww you are very welcome :) enjoy them and the food you put in them
I bet those jars are pretty and have a lot more character than jars of today!
Thanks for this video. It gave me the confidence to use my glass lids and rubber rings. So far I have had better success with my glass lid seals than with the metal lids.
Every year I ressurrect a few more of the glass lid jars! Just cleaned up 16 pint jars to use over the next week or so. We do between 350 and 450 jars of "stuff" each year and we can all year round! I have to confess I have not used them to pressure can but I am going to try it this year on my kale (bumper crop), I too love the sustainablity aspect of these old jars!
When I finished cleaning this batch of pint jars I was checking out the dates I ha e some that are dated 1929 in this bunch (I buy these by the box load whenever I can and then store them for clean up when I have time) and I look at a jar that is almost a 100 years old and just wonder what all has been in them! Talk about sustainablity!
Anyway....great video and Thank you for doing it!
Mike 🇨🇦😁👍
How exciting. I can year round as well. When something isn't fresh out of the garden, I work on emptying my freezer (meat mostly) Canning saves so much room in there.
@@titiaemrich1423 indeed! Just finished a batch of Roasted Tomatoes and Hot Cowboy Candy!!
Love canning!
Have a great day.
Mike 🇨🇦🍁
2nd trial run pressure canning with water: Did 12 jars today and had only 1 failure which was a bad ring. Will consider this a success! Thank you for your training! ...a happy canner!
I purchases some new rubber rings for bail jars, but these were to be used just for dry items, like beans and pasta on the kitchen counter, not canning. I did notice if you get the right size, they make reusable silicon rings, which may work better than the rubber ones, which I think may shrink and crack eventually from use. I think the silicon ones might last longer.
Titia, I have searched and searched for information on using tattler rubber gaskets on the old wire jars that were recently given to me. Thank you, my search is over and I appreciate you sharing this with everyone. Now off to can.
Thank you so much for your videos. I have just started pressure canning and water bathing using the pressure canner (lid on but not sealed). You are the only one I have found who explained the convex glass lid which is the only one I could buy here (Scandinavia). Fantastic, thank you 🙏🏼
This is amazing and perfect. I've been using the bale and wire wrong the whole time and couldn't figure it out so I used it for ready to eat candy instead.. lol.. THANK YOU!
Thank you. 🙂
Very informative. 🙂
Great cinematography!! 😉
Thank you for filming this! I have a bounty of old glass jars that were giving to me, and I have been afraid to use them. I was going to attempt only water bath with these jars but was afraid to use them in the pressure canner for fear the glass would not be strong enough! I do a lot of PC canning with standard Bernardin jars. You have given me the courage to give this a try! Thank you so much!
thank you thank you thank you for refilming this ! so much info. I have my grandmas old crown jars so excited to use. Canadian Tire has rubber rings.
Don’t use the rubber rings from Canadian tire. They won’t work with American glass lids (Ball, Atlas, Presto) However, if you have the "regular" mouth lids, the small Weck rubber ring will work. Just cut the tab off. Also, the Weck rings don’t like a small headspace. Do a 1/2" headspace & you’ll do fine. Tighten the ring all the way & back off a quarter inch. Tighten the ring when you pull it out of the pot.
@@moncher2797 Good advice I was referring to crown jars and dominion that were Canadian made I did not know about those American ones Thank you!
Thank you for the video. I just found some of these jars with glass lids in my basement and wanted to know how to use them for canning so this was very helpful.
Thank you! I am over the moon after coming across your video. I have about a dozen of the jars with the glass dome with bale and wire closure that came from my grandmother's basement. I then found several blue boxes containing ball rubbers that I found among my mother's old canning supplies. I now know what to do with these. I'm not sure if I'll actually can in them but they will be perfect for storing my herbs, homemade tomato powder, spices, etc. I know grandma and mom will be smiling down sweetly knowing that I finally put these to use. I'm so thankful for your post.❤
if you do decide to can with them, get new rubber gaskets...the ones you have are probably old and brittle...have fun with it though :)
I was just gifted 2 boxes of vintage jars with lids and the rubber seals. I'm glad I found your video I feel more confident in using them now. Thank you.
Thank you for explaining all of this. I was wondering if this was something I should try and now I have a good starting place deciding on which jars to try
you are very welcome...have fun canning
You need to advise American viewers that the rings available from Canadiian Tire are the "Viceroy" brand & they won’t work on American jars. The Americans need to buy the Weck size small rings for the regular mouth lids. The Weck rings work best with at least a 1’2" headspace. The Tattler wide mouth rings work with the wide mouth lids. Another method (according to Ball 1940’s Blue Book) is to tighten the ring all the way, then turn back a quarter of an inch. Tighten all the way after processing. Thank you for re-filming. Now we can hear you! (Lol).
Does Viceroy make anything other than the Gem size rubber bands anymore? I recently found a package of wide mouth Viceroy rings at a second hand store. Do the Tattler regular mouth rings not work with glass lids? Oh one more thing did you mean 1/2" head space?
I have a question. I have weck jars that I use for canning. And the small ones fit a regular mouth ball/Kerr mason jar. But the screw rings won’t fit over the Weck lid. How do you use them? Thanks
@@esholland08 you need to cut the tab off the rings. Sorry, I forgot that small detail. There’s a video on YT where a man shows how to use the weck rubber rings.
Texan here - I have regular mouth glass and the harvest guard rings don't fit well so I am excited to try to buy weck small rubbers. I haven't bought any wide mouth glass yet - do you happen to know if harvest guard rubbers will fit those since they're really similar to Tattler?
@@esholland08 I use silicone rubber bands no weck clips or rings needed.
GREAT VIDEO! thanks for ALL if the varied types and info! 👍
BEST. VIDEO. EVER.
Thank you so very much
Very helpful. Thank you! I love my old jars too.
you are very welcome...let me know how it goes.
Every question I had is answered. Thank you!
You are very welcome
Thank you so much for this video. Great info!
Exactly the info I was looking for. Thank you!!
What a beautiful explanation, thank you very much!
I have many of these older blue jars with glass lids on some. They were given to me about 25 years ago by elderly neighbors. I use for my herbs as I was scared to use in pressure canner. Maybe I will try one and see. Thank you for posting
Nothing wrong with using the old bail(Lighting) type jars as long as you insure the jars, bails and rings are in good shape and clean just like you would with any modern jar. I've used them in waterbath and pressure canning for years and had less problems with them than modern canning jars, and yes I will reuse the rubber rings if still in good shape. Check your bails and ensure they fit tight with a rubber before you get started. Before you put them in the canner put the square shaped wire over the lid, it should fit snug. DO NOT lock the curved ring down. Lock the curved ring down AFTER you take them out of the canner still hot. Let them all cool and rest for a day like you would a modern jar and then unlock the bails the same as you would remove the ring off a modern jar for safety reasons. Lift the jar by the lid to ensure a seal. DO NOT put the bails back on. This is how I do it. You do as you wish and at your own risk. These jars were OK to use for almost a 100 years until industry got the bright idea to make more money with what they say is a "better mouse trap". ????
Thanks you answered all my questions!
Great video thank you so much for the information
thanks! i have a few dozen bail and wire, thanks for the lesson!
Thank you. I been wanted to use my grandma, but I didn't know how. Now to find more supplies.
you are very welcome :)
Hello Titia. I canned 7 jars of grape juice. 5 sealed the first time. A sixth one sealed when I reduced the headspace to about 1 inch. The seventh I discovered had a chip in the glass cap. Next week I have tomatoes yet and they will go in the pressure canner so I’ll try the pint jars. I like the idea of acidic tomatoes touching glass rather than plastic lids. Thankyou.
you are very welcome. Good luck next week. I won't do my tomatoes in anything but the antique jars :)
Thank you for this video!
I did my first run in pressure canning with water. 7 good seals and 4 failures. I won’t give up yet will try a second run.
Keep going i promise it does get better
Thanks for this!
Wow, thank you for this, I have some of the Wire bale jars and wasn't sure of the process of using them and wasn't sure about pressure canning, I'm so excited now, I'll have to use my old jars next time I process something. I heard that the gov (usa) banned the use of the old wire bale jars, do you or anyone have any thoughts on that, I seem to remember them saying they were unsafe, anyway, I always thought the gov was sus in what they say about a lot of things,
I'm Canadian and had a lengthy back and forth with my gov agency. They do not recommend. But when pushed they admitted they were perfectly safe to can in, just that most people don't know how to. Good luck with your canning. I just used the last of my bale and wire for cranberries this year. I need to find more :)
Titia, would you do a video of your crown jars - Pressure canning from start to finish. You explain everything so well and would be great to see you do this. What you do is great for all Canadians. I have looked everywhere to have this information and “Voila” yours came up!!! Again thank you. Happy to hear your success rate is 98/99% (sealed) - The visual is always a great way to learn! You are a great educator!
That is actually a great idea!
I'd like to see a I
Video of u canning chicken soup with the glass lids. 5 of my 7 jars didn't seal. I didn't know about tightening after canning. I'll try that.
Yahoo !!!! Now i can use my bail and wire jars!!!
Wish I could find more
Good to know those rings are made of zinc!! Mine are all rusted; is there a way to clean them, or can they be painted? Years ago I bought 2 large boxes of jars at a garage sale for $5... being new to canning, I didn't know what I had... there were around 60 glass lids with those jars!
You can derust with a soak in vinegar and water - 50/50. If yours are rusted, they may be older new style rings for modern canning jars and should be discarded. Older aluminum rings and zinc rings are about 1/8" deeper than modern rings. That 1/8th" allows for the thickness of the glass caps and rubber rings.
I dont get why so many people say its not safe, but then they use weck jars that are the exact same concept! Only difference is the mechanism to hold the lid during processing! Weck jars are also NOT usda approved?! Yet people think they are safer for some reason?! I think using logic, not by listening to what the government tells me is safe...
@@Bookhardtsbooks I had a long back and forth with the gov of Canada over this. They finally admitted these were safe. Seems the lid companies like disposable because of $$$
You addressed a couple of types of lids. I didn’t see the common milky white glass lid. Which of these is comparable to the milky white lid? I have had the Presto wide mouth glass lids for years and longed to use the glass lids! So excited to try it this year!
The idea is the same. Just make sure you have the right sized gasket
Thanks for the information
I will do a run with just water in the jars (no food) for a test run. Will try both the water bath AND pressure canning to see my results before I place food in them.
Hi there! Thank you for making this video! I just bought a couple dozen of the crown jars. There are a few I noticed had chips or shallow cracks. This may be a silly question, but am I able to use them for water bath canning or are they at risk for breaking entirely?
Could you do a demo of how to open the jars? I ask because I've just had to give up on trying to open some peas in a Kilner Original jar.
Go to my other vids, I have one there already. :)
@@titiaemrich1423 Thanks; the peas have now been liberated.😊
What is the best way to open them without chipping the glass?
I use a very sharp knife and gently pry between the rubber and the glass
Thank you for this.
I wish in this still continuing canning lid shortage they would remanufacture the glass lids.
When you order the gaskets from Canadian Tire, what would they be called?
Thank you.
I didn't see this...and I just tossed boxes...lol I think vicroy is the name...they are with the canning supplies there
What a great video! I bought some old Crown jars and haven't used them yet because I wasn't quite sure how to do it safely, but now I know. One question though, I know that sometimes there was melted parafin wax used with these older jars. When would that be necessary?
its not. wax was used as a replacement to having lids. but not suggested at all for canning. more for preserving jams when you couldn't can...or so I'm told.
wife's Aunt as well as my Mother did this but only jams and jellies. When settled in the jar there's no bumps of food...usually smooth as it jells regular food ie. carrots are irregular so it has a tendency to mix in rather than stay separate as I was told by my Mom temp of both the wax and food is tricky. Wife says long term storage this way is NOT recomended, however works for any left over jam and you've run out of lids. She would give these to her neighbour to use up quickly, they had more kids than her so the woman always appreciated the extra. Woman's blueberrie jam was amazing ( north Ontario ), she actually still had a jar or 2 that the wife picked the berries for as a kid. It was still good at over 10 years old. When they moved to a smaller house , she found them in the vault of a basement they had. I said I'd give 'em a go. that was over 5 years ago....as we can see I'm still here. To be clear these were not the wax method but glass lid. So late 70' - early 80's when canned, after the wife watched me closely for a few hours we decided they still o.k.!
Im gonna dry can some flour, rice and things to start
I ,know. This is an older video but I want to thankyou for giving this info. I am out of jars and lids so I’ve gone to the basement and brought up all the crown jars which I’ve never used. I have apple juice and grape juice left to do and a few tomatoes. I bought two boxes of viceroy gaskets but one box was reddish/orange and the other ones were white. The inside measurement on them are the same but the white one is a smidge larger on the outside. Might you have any guidance on which ones to try first?
I have used both, I have better luck with the red ones . Good luck
Where do i find the rings and seals?
Can you reuse the rubber bands/ gaskets?
Yes, until they dry out...I keep mine in an airtight container. They last for years
can you please help? i inherited a jar of canned plums with this type of lid-- it actually looks quite old, but the jar is beautiful. problem is-- i cannot figure out how to remove the lid? can you help?
I normally use a sharp knife...I have a vid on opening the jars, it's not long, but worth the watch.
Glad I found your video! But how do you open them? I've just inherited the same blue glass vintage jars you show towards the end of this video. Please explain how to open them? Is there a special tool or just brute force? thank you
I use a very thin knife between the gasket and the jar and gently pry open...no idea if there is a tool out there for this...if there is, I would love to know about it
@@titiaemrich1423 I used a painting or sculpture knife. It's thin, has no sharp edges and works well. I got it at the Dollar Tree store.
So you CAN use the bail wire jars in pressure canners??
Yes you can
With the bailed Ball Ideal jar with the domed glass lid, is the head space inside the jar the same 1 inch?
Or does the space inside the dome of the glass lid account for any of the space as well?
Thank you.
Great question. In my experience. I found that leaving a bit more head space is preferable. I've tried it both ways, and find that I get more consistent seals with just a little extra room.
Where do you get these? I saw some glass lids on line, will they fit on ball jars?
Hi, you have to find the jars at yard sales, online market places, or etsy shops. Family etc. The glass lids do not fit modern canning jars. I so wish they did.
Where do you get your gaskets from for glass lids?
I get mine at Canadian Tire
Just got a good deal on a lot of glass lids glad I found your video. Do the glass lids work with modern mason jars?
Sadly no, you need to find the old jars as well
@@titiaemrich1423 Thanks for letting me know.
They were made for mason jars! Mason jar threads haven’t changed since they were invented. Yes, they work . Just don’t close them like a Tattler (spin the jar technique). According to Ball Blue book (1940’s editions), tighten the ring all the way, then turn back a quarter of an inch. When you pull them from the water, tighten the rings.
What is your success rate of a good seal with those. I would love to use my Crown jars. Do you heat up the seal? Thanks, Gisèle (Brampton, Canada)
When I started fail rate was 30-40%, but it only took a couple of loads to bring that up to 98-99% seal rate.
Wish I could have a conversation with you. I have an opportunity to purchase 235 Crowns @ $2. Each, would you suggest this is a good thing or stick with wide mouth Bernardin?
Anyone have a tip for opening the old style rubber ring jars without wrecking the rubber, it takes so much effort that I worry I’m damaging the ring
I use a very sharp knife and try to be as careful as I can be
Why would a jar not seal, tried twice now
I find that problems sealing are due to either bad gaskets, or operator error...in my case if I get to excited and try to take the rings off to early...I'm getting better at my patience.
Can y'all still buy the rings for these lids? I have about 20-25 glass lids but so far haven't been able to find where to get the rings. I would so love to use them, or learn how to use them in my canning.
I would probably check out ebay, thrift stores and yard sales. Most of mine came with the rings, I have a LOT of them, so I don't worry about. Let us all know if you find a source.
yes, Im looking too :)
No gem jars with glass lids?
I'm sure there are...I probably have some myself
I just want replacement lids for my antique jars, because I use them in my fridge and for dry storage. There are none.
have you looked online? Marketplace? Yardsales? Thrift stores?
@@titiaemrich1423 I mean new, sturdy - all plastic or metal. I only want to use the glass tops and rings for display so they don't get damaged.
Is it safe to use the zinc rings? Do you still can with them?
Completely safe and yes I do can with them.
Does anyone still make the wire bails?
I think there is a company, but rely havent looked, i will attempt to find that answer
@@titiaemrich1423 Thank you.
@@vivianforsythe9282 Yes there is a wire type not exactly like the Bale and Wire still made, from France there is ARC and Le Parfait and from Italy there is Fido. These have a different wire setup but it's the closest i have seen to the old American style.
I would be afraid the bail and would break the glass
the glass is strong, and i've never had an issue. I actually found a few more bale and wire jars this summer at yard sales...I'll be using those as well
I don't think that I've ever seen those Jars
That's ok. I find that once I've seen something for the first time, I suddenly see that thing all over :)
@@titiaemrich1423 Sorry, I meant the lids. I will have to keep my eyes open. Thanks.
I wanna see you remove a lid without chipping it!
thats a great idea. I haven't chipped on yet, I didn't know that was a thing
Can you do a video how you remove the lids plesse ?